Fruitlands is Modern Times’ rotating fruited gose series, with Passion Fruit and Guava among its most popular variants. Built on the same sour, salty base beer across the whole line, it swaps the fruit addition seasonally, giving drinkers a chance to compare how different fruit pairs with the same underlying gose.
Modern Times Fruitlands Passion Fruit & Guava at a glance
| Style | Gose (fruited sour ale) |
| ABV | 4.8% |
| Calories | Around 150 per 12 fl oz |
| Origin | Modern Times Beer, San Diego, California, USA |
| Ingredients | Wheat malt base, passion fruit, guava, Lactobacillus culture, sea salt |
| Vegan | Yes |
| Gluten free | No, contains wheat and barley |
| Typical price | Around $10 to $14 for a 4-pack of 16oz cans |
How it tastes, by the numbers
Fruitlands leans heavily into tropical fruit intensity, with the base gose’s salt and tartness providing structure underneath.
The full review
It pours a golden colour with a light, fast-fading head typical of the style. The aroma is a tropical fruit fiesta, with passion fruit and guava layered over the base gose’s inherent sourness and light salinity.
On the palate, moderate bready wheat malt provides balance against medium-high acidity, with hop bitterness essentially absent. A light salt character shows mid-palate, leading into a crisp, bone-dry finish with a refreshing, tropical fruit-driven quality that dominates the overall impression.
This is a bold, fruit-forward gose rather than a subtle one, built for drinkers who want the tropical fruit to be the star rather than a background note to the base beer’s tartness and salinity.
A tropical fruit fiesta built on a sour, salty gose base, unapologetically bold rather than subtle.
- Bold, distinctive tropical fruit character
- Widely available on the West Coast through Modern Times’ distribution
- Low-to-moderate ABV keeps it sessionable
- Fruit character can overwhelm the base gose’s subtler qualities for some drinkers
- Regional distribution weighted toward California and the West Coast
- Rotating fruit series means specific variants come and go
Who it is for
Drinkers who want a bold, tropical fruit-forward gose rather than a subtle, traditional one, and West Coast craft beer fans following Modern Times’ rotating series.
Modern Times Fruitlands Passion Fruit & Guava FAQs
What does Modern Times Fruitlands Passion Fruit & Guava taste like?
A tropical fruit fiesta of passion fruit and guava over the base gose’s sourness, with bready wheat malt balance, light salinity and a crisp, bone-dry finish.
How strong is Modern Times Fruitlands Passion Fruit & Guava?
4.8% ABV.
Is Fruitlands always Passion Fruit and Guava?
No, Fruitlands is a rotating series using the same sour, salty base beer with different fruit additions depending on the season, including apricot and sour cherry variants.
Is Modern Times Fruitlands gluten free?
No, it is brewed with wheat and barley malt.
Is Fruitlands very sour?
It carries medium-high acidity from the gose base, though the intense tropical fruit character is the more dominant impression for most drinkers.
Where is Modern Times Fruitlands brewed?
In San Diego, California, at Modern Times Beer.
Where to find it
Available at craft beer retailers and grocery stores across the West Coast US, particularly in California; more limited distribution elsewhere.
The verdict
Modern Times Fruitlands Passion Fruit & Guava is a bold, tropical fruit-forward gose that prioritises fruit intensity over subtlety. A fun three point nine out of five.
